KALAMAZOO, MI -- The man who walked away from a residential treatment center early Sunday morning has been found and returned to protective custody.

On Sunday, Nov. 3 at approximately 9:12 p.m., a trooper from the Michigan State Police located Stephen Lenich walking in the 3800 block of Sprinkle Road, according to a news release from the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety.

Lenich was taken back into protective custody without incident, authorities said.

Lenich, 32, described by authorities as a Kalamazoo man who "could become unpredictable without his medication" walked away from a treatment home at about 4 a.m. Sunday.